Hmmm well I appreciate the offer but finding a motherboard that supports the CPU and RAM maybe difficult and costly. I would also need a case to house it in

Thanks norton!

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A Dell Studio Hybrid or any other equivalent HP, Gateway, etc... uses these. I've seen barebone Studios all over fleabay for under $100. These were also popular for mini-ITX systems 3-4 yrs ago so I'm sure Jetway made a mobo at 1 time.... may have an old 2.5" HDD around somewhere too

A Dell Studio Hybrid or any other equivalent HP, Gateway, etc... uses these. I've seen barebone Studios all over fleabay for under $100. These were also popular for mini-ITX systems 3-4 yrs ago so I'm sure Jetway made a mobo at 1 time.... may have an old 2.5" HDD around somewhere too

Well norton, I really from the bottom of my heart appreciate it but I think I will pass. You are a great person offering to help others out. I think JrRacinFan maybe interested if you want I can get him to PM you

Well norton, I really from the bottom of my heart appreciate it but I think I will pass. You are a great person offering to help others out. I think JrRacinFan maybe interested if you want I can get him to PM you

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Thanks. If I get it ill start crunching again. May need to build up a small basement build for privacy. Make it a cruncher and networked file server.

Yeah, I have been changing things around constantly after discovering Geeks.com's refurbished motherboards. I've bought 4 refurbs and 2 new boards from them.

The only reason I can run a ton of rigs is because the power meter on one of the two units we rent for my dad's business is broken and will not advance. Therefore, we only get charged ~$7.00 a month for power on the employee side of the office and I have 5 rigs going up here 24/7. Sshhhhh...

As much as I am unhappy about having a few more potential machines offline and in boxes, I am actually happy to have a motherboard reserve because losing a rig can put such a big dent in production. I like contributing to WCG and Folding@Home as it makes me feel better about all the **** I randomly buy, and makes it have a useful life until it dies long after I have quit caring about it.

Well norton, I really from the bottom of my heart appreciate it but I think I will pass. You are a great person offering to help others out. I think JrRacinFan maybe interested if you want I can get him to PM you

Nothing to brag about/ just a cruncher/ TPU Cruncher! / 6.9 processes per second!/ Gonna be a Gamer

Another Old computer, this one has a P4!

My buddy gave me a computer, an old Emachines, with a P4(1.6GHz).

It wasn't working because of a bad HDD. I have a spare and want to install a fresh XP Home on it, since W7 is to big and it currently only has 256Mb of ram, I plan to add a 512 DIMM I have laying around( it also has a miniature 200watt PSU, it's almost cute! ).

I just started Crunching on this comp, my main, and it doesn't seem like I'm getting much done. Is it worth it to put this thing together for a 24/7 cruncher? I know I can't do what some of you all are doing but, I joined the TPU team( @WCG, hope nobody minds!) and want to contribute as best I can.

Which doesn't seem like all that much the way it is now, sharing my poor Duron time with WCG.

I plan to get that Emachine up and running Monday. I don't know what else to do with it.